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Former US vice-president Mike Pence pleaded to ‘clear the Capitol’, new timeline of riot shows
From a secure room in the US Capitol on January 6, as rioters pummelled police and vandalised the building, then-vice president Mike Pence tried to assert control.
Key points:
- New details about the deadly US Capitol riot are revealed by a previously undisclosed document prepared by the Pentagon
- Military and police leaders struggled to implement a coordinated plan as violence unfolded, the document shows
- The timeline shows it took around four hours for US National Guard troops to be mobilised to the Capitol to restore order
In an urgent phone call to the acting defence secretary, he issued a startling demand.
“Clear the Capitol,” Mr Pence said.
Elsewhere in the building, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were…
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